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| Born | Teng Li-yun (鄧麗筠) 29 January 1953 Baozhong, Yunlin, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 May 1995 (aged 42) Chiang Mai, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial place | Chin Pao San, New Taipei City, Taiwan 25°15′04″N 121°36′14″E / 25.251°N 121.604°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years active | 1966–1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Partner | Paul Quilery (1989–1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Teng Li-chun (Chinese: 鄧麗君; pinyin: Dèng Lìjūn; 29 January 1953 – 8 May 1995), commonly known as Teresa Teng, was a Taiwanese singer, actress, musician and philanthropist. Referred to by some as the "Eternal Queen of Asian Pop", she is considered to be one of the most successful and influential Asian popular singers of all time.[1] Teng is recognized as a cultural icon for her contributions to Chinese pop, giving birth to the phrase, "Wherever there are Chinese-speaking people, there is the music of Teresa Teng." A polyglot, Teng's voice and emotionally resonant songs have transcended geographical, linguistic, and political boundaries, captivating audiences across Asia for several decades.[2]
With a career spanning almost 30 years, Teng established herself as a dominant and influential force in Asia throughout most of her career,[3] including East Asia, Southeast Asia, and, to some extent, South Asia.[4] Teng is credited as the Far East's first pop superstar and by some as the pioneer of modern Chinese pop music—a major force in the development of the Chinese music industry by incorporating western and eastern styles into her music, replacing the most revolutionary songs then prevalent in mainland China and laying the foundation for modern Chinese popular music.[5]
Teng recorded more than 1,700 songs throughout her career, not only in Mandarin, but also in Hokkien, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Japanese, Indonesian, English, and Italian.[6] Teng is considered instrumental in bridging the cultural gap across Chinese-speaking regions and was one of the first artists to connect Japan to some of East and Southeast Asia by singing Japanese pop songs, according to Nippon. In Taiwan, she was famous for entertaining the armed forces and singing patriotic songs that appealed to civilians on the island. Teng was nicknamed "the patriotic entertainer" and "the soldiers' sweetheart". To date, Teng's songs have been covered by hundreds of artists worldwide.
According to IFPI statistics, Teng has sold over 48 million albums, excluding sales in mainland China.[7] In 1986, Time named her one of the seven greatest female singers in the world. In 2009, in an online poll by a Chinese government web portal to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, Teng was selected as the "most influential cultural figure in China since 1949" by 8.5 million netizens. On the eve of International Women's Day in 2010, she was named "the most influential woman in modern China" in a poll conducted by many well-known Chinese media from 1 March to 8 March.[8] In 2022, Teng received a street name in Ivry-sur-Seine, Grand Paris, from the Municipal council of France. On 21 September 2024, an Indo-Pacific Strategic Think Tank (IPST) conducted a poll in Japan on "Who is the most famous person in Taiwan?" Teng won the poll with 53.8% of total votes.[9] She was inducted into the "Popular Music Hall of Fame" at the Koga Masao Music Museum in Japan in 2007, making Teng the only non-Japanese national to do so.
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- Hernández, Javier C. (21 January 2019). "In the Heart of Beijing, a Taiwanese Pop Idol Makes Fans Swoon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
a shrine to the woman he considers a goddess: the Taiwanese pop singer Teresa Teng, one of Asia's most celebrated artists.
- Schweig, Meredith (7 September 2022). Renegade Rhymes: Rap Music, Narrative, and Knowledge in Taiwan. University of Chicago Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-226-82058-3. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
the late Teng (1953-1995), a star of the greatest luminosity throughout East and Southeast Asia,
- Frater, Patrick (21 October 2014). "Digital Domain Expands Into Performance Hologram Sector". Variety. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
TNT Production, to produce performance holograms of top Asian singing star Teresa Teng
- "Remembering 5 of Teresa Teng's songs, 25 years after her death". South China Morning Post. 6 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
the Taiwanese cultural icon is considered one of the greatest singers in Asian recording history
- Hernández, Javier C. (21 January 2019). "In the Heart of Beijing, a Taiwanese Pop Idol Makes Fans Swoon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ Chu, Karen (13 November 2018). "Fox Networks Group Asia to Produce Miniseries Inspired by Taiwanese Singer Teresa Teng". Billboard. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Teresa Teng's 65th Birthday". Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ Copper, John Franklin (13 November 2019). Taiwan: Nation-State or Province?. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-80831-9. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Google Doodle Celebrates Singing Sensation Teresa Teng". Time. 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Icon for the Ages". Taiwan Today. 1 September 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "任时光匆匆流去，我只在乎邓丽君" [As time flies by, I only care about Teresa Teng]. BBC News 中文 (in Traditional Chinese). 29 April 2010. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
According to recorded statistics, Teresa Teng's total album sales have exceeded 48 million (according to IFPI statistics, excluding sales data in mainland China).
- ^ ""丽君归来 燕燕于飞"郑海燕音乐作品专辑发行-中国新闻网" [The Return of Lijun, Yan Yan Yu Fei" Zheng Haiyan's music album released]. China News Service. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "日本人の「台湾のここが嫌い」は交通事情、最も知っている人はテレサ・テン (2024年10月15日)" [The thing Japanese people dislike most about Taiwan is the traffic situation. The person who knows it best is Teresa Teng]. Excite News Japan (in Japanese). 15 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.